Italy Court Cancels Ban on Remote Check-ins for Short-Term Rentals

6/2/2025

An Italian court has struck down a government ban on remote check-ins for short-term rentals that had prompted a clean up of keyboxes from city centers. Italy's Interior Ministry banned the practice in November, arguing that check-ins without a physical encounter between guest and renter posed a security risk. In the new ruling, the Lazio administrative court annulled the directive, saying, among other things, that it placed excessive burdens on landlords. Following the ban, cities such as Florence and Rome had stepped up efforts to remove self check-in keyboxes from public spaces. Marco Celani, head of short-term rentals association AIGAB, welcomed the court's ruling on Tuesday and said his lobby was in talks with the government for the "full recognition" of remote check-in technologies.

Reuters (05/27/25) Alvise Armellini